Google Cloud Security Specialist (GCP exp. required)

Position Summary

This job is responsible for assessing the bank's technologies, applications, and overall security controls in Cloud platforms to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities that may impact Bank of America's information security.

Key responsibilities

• Understand and comply with the Bank’s Global Information Security policy and relevant cyber security threats to complete security assessments.

LOB Specific Job Responsibilities

• Improve vulnerability identification quality control for the Cloud environment; collaborating across Vulnerability Management to support end-to-end adoption.
• Collaborate to align strategy and roadmaps across Cloud Security, Cyber Security Operational Controls, Security Functions and Capabilities outlining goals/outcomes, milestones, and key initiatives to track progress and provide visibility into issues.
• Perform gap analysis of current controls, identifying deficiencies, formulating recommendations, and developing action plans.
• Provide consulting services as a cloud vulnerability identification subject matter expert.
• Quickly learn and evaluate new technologies for integration into cloud vulnerability management workstreams.
• Provide support for audit and regulatory related inquiries.
• Offer technical guidance to engineering staff to solve complex challenges.
• Manage daily operations of Cloud security solutions such as Aqua, Wiz, Qualys, CrowdStrike.
• Enhance vulnerability identification process for Hybrid Cloud platforms.
• Drive Cloud Security solutions in alignment with the Bank’s cloud strategy and in accordance with security best practices.
• Conducts research and provides leadership updates regarding advanced threats to compromise security controls and protocols.
• Maintains awareness of new threats and complex attempts to compromise security controls.
• Facilitate the analysis, implementation, execution, and improvement of proactive security controls to prevent external threat actors from infiltrating company systems or information.
• Develop strong partnerships by demonstrating operational expertise as a subject matter expert.

Required Qualifications

• 3 + years understanding of Google GCP native services, tools, and architecture.
• Understanding of cloud security principles and practice.
• Working knowledge of cloud threat landscape.
• Technical experience in infrastructure and/or security functions.
• Understanding of DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline integration through security engineering lifecycles.
• Understanding of Threat modeling and frameworks.
• Understanding of vulnerability management and scanning tools.
• Experience in project management.
• Well-developed analytic, qualitative, and quantitative reasoning skills with a demonstrated creative problem-solving ability.
• Extremely motivated, hungry to learn.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to all levels of understanding and technical ability.

Desired Qualifications

• CISSP/CCSP/CISM
• Cloud specific Security certifications such as SANS/GIAC
• Vendor specific and relevant certifications

Skills

• Problem Solving
• Information Systems Management
• Threat Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Customer and Client Focus
• Cyber Security
• Policies, Procedures & Guidelines
• Technology Systems Assessment
• Risk Analytics
• Quality Assurance
• Business Acumen
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Privacy and Protection
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Business Intelligence